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Purcell's Reputation

Andrew Pinnock combines his skills as a Purcell scholar and a cultural economist to find out why Purcell's reputation is greater than that of his contemporaries, and how Purcell the entrepreneur helped engender his own fame.

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  • Thu 19 Mar 2009 23:00
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